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An irreverent, insightful, and wickedly funny humor collection that shows just how queer life really is by one of the more charming voices in contemporary gay prose. Oh, wait, we're talking about Michael Thomas Ford. Well, he's still a good guy, kind to dogs, donates to homeless porn stars, and has stopped sending Mr. Baldwin selfies. Buy this book. He needs a new smart phone to take pictures. This new edition of the book, a winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Humor, features a new introduction by Ford as well as a reproduction of the letter Alec Baldwin sent in response to the book. .
This book is the culmination of many years' work from two authors who have "lived and breathed" the subject for the past forty years: one, a military antiques dealer of international standing; the other, an extremely knowledgeable collector of German World War I uniforms and equipment. Using mostly never before published period photographs as well as a wealth of highly detailed color studio photos of tunics drawn from one of the world's greatest private collections, it is an absolute must for any collector of World War I uniforms. Indeed, for any collector of German World War I memorabilia, laying out as it does in a very clear and precise way, all the variations of tunic, their origins and usage. This reader-friendly book will help guide the novice and experienced collector alike through the often difficult and confusing information on the subject.
Set in the Loire Valley, this is the story of William Wordsworth's sojourn in France and his marriage to Annette Vallon. France becomes too dangerous for the English spy, who leaves the country, but Annette carries on her counter-revolutionary activities.
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Historical 'faction' in the manner of THE FIRST MRS WORDSWORTH, though probably with a great deal more poetic licence, THE DARK LADY tells the story of Emilia Lanier, who was the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's sonnets. Mistress of the Lord Chamberlain Lord Hunsdon at the court of Elizabeth I, Emilia Lanier was a poet in her own right, and, despite the precariousness of life at Court, particularly for an unmarried woman, she was a resourceful survivor - many said because she dabbled with the Black Arts. Richly evoking the colourful and sometimes brutal age in which she lived, Michael Baldwin tells how Emilia enchanted the young poet William Shakespeare, while at the same time fending off her often murderous protector Lord Hunsdon, and romancing with the Earl of Southampton. Using sorcery and female cunning, she managed to outlive her enemies at Court and emerge triumphant - as well as immortalised by her most ardent lover.
Named a 2018 Notable Work of Nonfiction by The Washington Post NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Winner, The 2018 Southern Book Prize NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Chicago Tribune • Time • Publisher's Weekly A stunning follow up to New York Times bestseller Tears We Cannot Stop The Washington Post: "Passionately written." Chris Matthews, MSNBC: "A beautifully written book." Shaun King: “I kid you not–I think it’s the most important book I’ve read all year...” Harry Belafonte: “Dyson has finally written the book I always wanted to read...a tour de force.” Joy-Ann Reid: A work of searing prose and seminal brilliance... Dyson takes that once in a lifetime co...
At the end of the eighteenth century, after the French Revolution, the centre of pedal-harp making moved from Paris to London. There, building on the work of its Bavarian originators and Parisian developers, mainly immigrant makers elevated the instrument to new musical, technical, and decorative heights, and placed it in the hands and salons of the British upper classes and aristocracy. Until recently, the story of harp making in England has been dominated by the Erard family who built about 7,000 of an estimated 22,000 harps made in London during the nineteenth century; some 20 other makers have been all but forgotten. This book, the story of harp making in late-Georgian England, assesses the role and consumption of the harp in society whilst describing its decorative and technical development. Forgotten makers and their innovations are identified. Through the lens of newly discovered documents and the reinterpretation of others, Jacob Erat's manufactories are reconstructed. His working methods, illustrative of those used in the wider industry, are rediscovered, and employees and suppliers are revealed anew.
First published in 1957, this book attempts to tackle the conflict between homosexual and heterosexual love. It tells of David, a young man awakening to his true homosexual nature, through a relationship with a barman named Giovanni, as he awaits his fiancee's arrival from Spain.